Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Key Issues in Water Services Privatization -- 2 History of U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems -- 3 Forces of Change in the Water Service Industry -- 4 Models of Water Service Provision -- 5 Structural, Pricing, and Regulatory Issues --...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope and Patterns of Work by Children and Adolescents -- 3 Health and Safety at Work -- 4 Work's Effects on Children and Adolescents -- 5 Agriculture -- 6 Laws, Regulations, and Training -- 7 Conclusions and...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- The Dynamics of Long-Term Growth: Gaining and Losing Advantage in the Chemical Industry1 -- Chemicals1 -- Steel -- Powder Metallurgy Parts -- Trucking1 -- Grocery Retailing1 -- Retail Banking1 -- Computing -- Semiconductors1 -- Hard Disk...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The System of National Accounts -- Implementing the System of National Accounts -- Going Beyond the System of National Accounts -- References -- APPENDIX A Participants, Workshop on Improving Economic Statistics -- APPENDIX B Papers Presented, Workshop on...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Overview -- 2 Trends and Directions -- 3 Societal Implications -- 4 Promoting Competitiveness: Policy Issues and Obstacles -- Bibliography -- A Colloquium Participants -- B Colloquium Agenda -- C Follow-up Interviews.

New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- OVERVIEW -- MAJOR AREAS OF U.S.-JAPAN CONVERGENCE AND CONTINUED DISPARITY -- Growing Similarities and Evidence for Convergence -- Original...

Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry -- Copyright -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS -- Industry -- Academe -- Government -- Bureau of Mines -- Government-Academic-Industrial Cooperation -- RECOMMENDED...

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- BACKGROUND -- Foreign Competition -- Growing Importance of International Markets -- Internationalization of Aircraft Manufacture -- Financial Performance of the Industry --...

KEEPING THE U.S. COMPUTER INDUSTRY COMPETITIVE: SYSTEMS INTEGRATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- EVOLUTION OF A U.S. BUSINESS CONCEPT -- STATUS OF THE U.S. INDUSTRY -- Global Prospects -- Sources of U.S. Advantage -- CONVERGING TECHNOLOGY: A DRIVING...

The Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The Internationalization of U.S. Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causes of Internationalization -- CHANGES IN...